Assessment of 1 mg Dexamethasone Suppression Test in Patients with Obesity Before Bariatric Surgery.

Dilek Gogas YavuzTugce ApaydınHatice Gizem GunhanMeliha Melin Uygur

Published in: Obesity surgery (2020)

Hypercortisolism prevalence was found to be low, and 1 mg DST is a sufficient test for the screening of CS in class 3 obese patients evaluated before bariatric surgery.

Keyphrases

bariatric surgery
obese patients
weight loss
roux en y gastric bypass
gastric bypass
metabolic syndrome
insulin resistance
type diabetes
risk factors
low dose
weight gain
high dose
high fat diet induced
adipose tissue
physical activity
body mass index
clinical evaluation